Nonsurgical Method to Expand Maxilla

[thecel]

We know that tooth extractions cause recession. For instance, premolar extractions on the mandible cause the mandible to get recessed.

What if we do the opposite of extraction to create forward growth. Not by inserting extra teeth, but by inserting thin sheets between teeth to exert expansive forces.

If empty space formed from the extraction of a tooth leads to bone shrinkage, wouldn’t the “anti-empty space” formed from inter-teeth inserts lead to bone enlargement?

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Just get a crowded mouth area and a malocclusion for that forward growth bro!

Cope. This method can be incorporated into invisible aligners.

See how the teeth in this aligner are all connected in 1 smooth shape rather than being separate slots. What if they add thin “walls” between each tooth?

 

[LiteralCaucasian]

Just get a crowded mouth area and a malocclusion for that forward growth bro!

 

[thecel]

Just get a crowded mouth area and a malocclusion for that forward growth bro!

Cope. This method can be incorporated into invisible aligners.

See how the teeth in this aligner are all connected in 1 smooth shape rather than being separate slots. What if they add thin “walls” between each tooth?

 

[LiteralCaucasian]

Cope. This method can be incorporated into invisible aligners.

See how the teeth in this aligner are all connected in 1 smooth shape rather than being separate slots. What if they add thin “walls” between each tooth?

That sounds reasonably plausible. Perhaps you've uncovered esoteric information that Tom Cruise got around using. With aligners it may even expand IPD.
Also, is a 10 tooth smile alright?

 

[Deleted member 25667]

Coping brown georgian is right. Wouldn't placing thin walls between your teeth utterly ruin the bite if they were removed? They'd have to be permanent but even then it would probably feel weird having something constantly between your teeth

 

[thecel]

Coping brown georgian is right. Wouldn't placing thin walls between your teeth utterly ruin the bite if they were removed? They'd have to be permanent but even then it would probably feel weird having something constantly between your teeth

Anything for a millimeter of forward maxilla.

 

[Deleted member 25667]

Anything for a millimeter of forward maxilla.

just get surgery at that point

 

[thecel]

just get surgery at that point

Problem is, there’s a big difference between a maxilla that’s too small (too short from front to back) and a maxilla that’s positioned too backwards.

People who lack space for their upper wisdom teeth have too small maxillas. You can Le Fort their maxillas to infinity and they still won’t have space for their upper wisdom teeth. Their problem is the length from the back to the front of the palate is too small.

 

[thecel]

just get surgery at that point

Problem is, there’s a big difference between a maxilla that’s too small (too short from front to back) and a maxilla that’s positioned too backwards.

People who lack space for their upper wisdom teeth have too small maxillas. You can Le Fort their maxillas to infinity and they still won’t have space for their upper wisdom teeth. Their problem is the length from the back to the front of the palate is too small.

Asian maxilla on left. Caucasian maxilla on right.

Asian “recessed” face is not actually due to recessed maxilla. The maxilla isn’t positioned farther back; its length from back to front is too small. Moving the whole maxilla forwards with Le Fort surgery produces unnatural results.

 

[Deleted member 25667]

Asian maxilla on left. Caucasian maxilla on right.

Asian “recessed” face is not actually due to recessed maxilla. The maxilla is in the right place, but its length from back to front is too small. Moving the whole maxilla forwards with Le Fort surgery produces unnatural results.

Interesting. But why would it produce unnatural results? I don't see why having a vertically short palette would have an impact on the lefort movement, if anything wouldn't it make it less likely to dogmaxx the patient considering the maxilla isn't as projected outwards?

 

[Deleted member 7725]

Asian maxilla on left. Caucasian maxilla on right.

Asian “recessed” face is not actually due to recessed maxilla. The maxilla isn’t positioned farther back; its length from back to front is too small. Moving the whole maxilla forwards with Le Fort surgery produces unnatural results.

thats why you get a 3 piece lefort